Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Young God ❯ Chapter 6b ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter 6b

Seto dozed lightly on the chair, and to any passerby he would have looked truly fair, with his pale skin and long lashes and dark brown hair framing his cheeks. His head was leaning back in the soft but uncomfortable chair and his hands were folded in his lap.

Pegasus took a moment to observe him. Should he wake him?

Too many questions. Kaiba can doze later.

Kaibaboy is way too thin.

" Kaiba, Kaibaboy. Wake up, sleeping beauty." Pegasus blinked, puzzled at how the name matches the little god. " Wake up. Welcome back to reality."

Seto opened his eyes. What was going on?
" What the heck were you thinking?" He heard a voice. " If you want the whole world to know, you are not especially smart."

Seto groaned and glared at Pegasus. He had just helped him. What did the man want now, and why the heck would he care?
" It's not like I wanted everyone to know, you know." He spat. " I had no choice." Seto had no idea what Pegasus meant.

Pegasus sat down in the chair next to him. " What do you mean, you had no choice?"

Seto quickly scanned Pegasus's mind. Pegasus let him. He knew the child needed to.
" Because-" Seto couldn't hide it before Pegasus heard it.
" Holy-" Pegasus cursed. " Why did you bring Cecilia back to life then?"

Because she's your wife. Seto thought to himself. And I couldn't stand the pain you were feeling.

He knew Pegasus heard that and felt annoyance well up. A mortal that can read minds.

Pegasus was silent for a long moment.
" Is there anything I can do?" He asked softly.

Seto rubbed his eyes. " Leave me alone." He grumbled. " Leave me alone! Isn't it enough that I can't go home now that I have to have you harassing me here?!"

He felt Pegasus step back, his feelings hurt. Seto didn't care if the whole world heard what he said. He stood up and fell over.

Darn, right into Pegasus's arms.

" I have another question. Why didn't you resist the Millenium Eye?"

Because the Millenium Eye is beyond my power. " Because that way people will get suspicious."

Pegasus heard both and both were true.

" Well in that case that goes for all Millenium items." Pegasus sounded almost cheery, despite the dark emptiness in his heart at hurting the child so. " There is hope then."
" Hope for what?" Seto blinked, bewildered.
" For you to go home, genius." Pegasus turned around and left.

" Matte!"

But Pegasus was on his way to find that Yugi. And perhaps Malik and Bakura, and that Shadi-

" And the victory goes to Yugi Motou!" The announcer cried.

Yugiboy.

Yugi started.
/ What do you want?/ He asked.
I need your help, if you want to save Kaiba.
// Why?// Yami asked.
/ Why are you helping Kaiba?/ Yugi asked.
Never mind that. Pegasus's voice sounded hasty. To make the long story short, Kaiba helped return Cecilia to me. The problem is he devoted too much of his powers into that and he's fading faster than before.
/ When did he help Cecilia?/ Yugi wondered.
// When did this happen?// Yami asked.
Never mind that. I need the gathering of all Millenium Items.
// This better not be another trick of yours,// Yami warned.

A groan was heard from the other end.

I do not need your wretched items! Pegasus nearly yelled his frustration. Yugi winced. But Seto needs them. If Yami remembers anything from his pathetic past he'll understand.
// I do understand.// Yami said cautiously. // Seto is only unaffected by the Millenium Items. Fine then. When shall we meet?//
Sometime after the competition in a quiet area. There are too many people here, and we need time to prepare and figure out just what we're going to do.
/ Good point. But where is not public? Our place is always interrupted by customers./
// We can't do it at Seto's place because it doesn't have an old atmosphere.//
/ We need an old atmosphere?/
// Hai. Someplace like...Pegasus...// Yami growled.
Fine. The castle. I have to go. We'll discuss this later. Tell Shadi and the others. The link was severed.

/ Yami, are you sure about this?/
// Somehow,// Yami sounded worried, // I think Pegasus is serious this time.//

Seto muttered as he was blocked off by all who own the Millenium Items. Where is Yami?

Suddenly he was knocked to the ground, and before he knew it his hands were pulled fiercely back and his eyes were blindfolded. Stretching his powers, he saw that there were five men who had just attacked him, but he couldn't tell who they were. He whimpered as a gag was tied tightly around his head.

" There, the boss will be happy with that. Kuso, he is too skinny." He heard a voice.
" He's light too." Seto writhed, trying to pull at the bonds that tied his wrists together. He kicked out, but realized his legs were tied as well.

He tried to figure out who they were. They were Pegasus's men! Frightened now, he started thrashing. He felt something pressed against his head and stilled. It was a gun.

" That's a good boy." He heard a menacing voice. " As long as you stay still, you stay alive and well."

Seto was trembling all over, and he was remaining very quiet. He saw that he couldn't use his powers in this position and he didn't know what the men were trying to do to him, or going to do to him. He felt a rough hand under his waist and stomach and lift him over a shoulder.

" Too light."
" The guy's a pile of bones." Said a sympathetic voice. Seto twitched, beginning to struggle again. He felt the nose of the gun press into the side of his head and stilled, this time whimpering.

" Give the guy a break." The leader of the group groaned. " The poor boy is scared enough as he is. He can't do anything to Kyu right now anyway."
" Jeez, this Kaiba guy never acted this scared before." Said Kyu, who was carrying the god. " Urgh."

Suddenly, Kaiba began kicking and thrashing. The ropes burned at his wrists and he kicked at Kyu's chest.

Kyu responded by flinging him forcefully onto the ground.

" Mr. Crawford will be angry if you hurt him," The learder warned.

Seto stilled.

Crawford.

Pegasus J. Crawford.

He writhed. The pain was great and it knocked the air out of him. He writhed again, groaning. He tried to look up but he couldn't see anything.

" Don't do that!" He heard voices saying, and a gentler hand wrapped around his body. Seto whimpered and tried again to use his powers, but with his hands tied, he couldn't do anything. He was lifted in a gentler way this time, and he didn't struggle anymore.

" Up to the helicopter." He felt himself being handed over to another pair of arms and this time he began struggling. Where are they taking him?

" We got him on the helicopter." He heard a voice say into a cell phone. " He's not cooperating though...hai. Hai. As you wish, Mr. Crawford."

Seto wasn't willing at all. He thrashed and jerked and tried to get out even when the plane hovered up and he heard the doors close. He struggled until all his energy gave out and he lied there, exhausted and still.

" Seto?" Yami called. " Seto, where the heck are you?"
" Seto?" Jou called. " Yo, Seto!"
" Seto?!" Anzu called.
" Seto!" Honda looked around. " Where is that guy?"

The match had ended. Yugi sat there for a moment.
" Yugi, did Pegasus contact you yet?"
" Iie."
" Urgh." Yami muttered.

" Seto? Seto? Where are you? Seto!"

Seto looked around as he was left alone in the room. Now that he wasn't blindfolded he knew that he was in Pegasus's castle. It was morning. He had been kidnapped in the evening.

His wrists were still tied, and his ankles were too, so he couldn't escape. Curse that man. He writhed on the bed, trying to move over. He couldn't. Dropping his head on the pillow he sighed.

He must have dozed off because he woke to something etched on his circlet. Getting up instantly, he realized he was no longer tied. He tried to get out.
" No use." Said the maid. " You have that device on your circlet. You can't get out as long as it's there. Nor can you use your powers."

Seto felt for the device. A shock answered him.

" Watch it." Said the maid, sweeping at the floors with her broom. " If you try to take it off, well, you'll get a mighty headache. Beats me why Mr. Crawford wants you here. I tried taking that circlet off ye-it looked uncomfortable, but it seemed glued to your skin."

Seto did not grace her with a response of any kind. Instead he looked about the room in a daze. He tried to summon his powers.

Nothing happened.

Well, that answers the first question, Seto thought to himself, not really sure what that first question was in the first place. Now for the other thing, why Pegasus wants me here. The guards didn't sound that hostile, he didn't put me into that card again, and I think I'm pretty much in one piece. Problem is I'm in my immortal clothes, and I can't change back. Now what am I going to do?

If he said anything out loud, the maid certainly pretended not to hear him, bustling about with her work. Seto briefly wondered where Cecilia is, if Mokuba's worried about him, whether Yami and Yugi are doing alright in the competition, if Jou got a stomach-ache yet, and whether the gang is actually bothering to look for him right now.

He had felt better, but today was not the worst day, and there was no blood filling at his esophagus or larynx. He's not going to cough up blood anytime soon.

Speaking of coughing, he needed to cough now.

After satisfying the itch in his throat, which he had picked up from being with humans and breathing in sandy air back in Egypt, he decided that since he couldn't get out, they wouldn't mind him in the hallway staring at whatever this place looks like.

It turned out they didn't. Might be a good thing. He was free to wander as he will as long as he didn't break anything or go into the locked chambers. He couldn't pass through and he didn't think breaking locks will serve his situation any better so he didn't bother.

Where in the world is Cecilia?

Oh yeah, she's with Pegasus, and Pegasus is at the competition, which is across the sea on another island, which is around several-

He broke the train of thought. What's wrong with him today?

I need water. He thought, but he didn't feel like getting it in front of the servants. Going back into his room he sat on the bed, cross legged, and sighed, taking deep breaths. He felt himself relax.

" It's snowing again." Young Seto looked out as the light blue snow fell from the equally blue sky. It was fluffy, like cotton.
" Ugh, if only it doesn't feel like cotton." Ashika muttered. " Or sand, for that matter."
" Feels more like clouds." Seto answered. " Only harder. Can I go out, Mama?"
" Seto, of course not! You'll get sick again." The goddess answered. " Don't you want to go with your friends downstairs?"
" Alright Mama. Are you coming, Ashika?" Seto lead the way and the taller boy followed him.

The blue snow was covering the paper white soil and the grasses were starting to disappear under the blankets.

" Sana!" The children cried, getting up immediately. It was Seto's nickname, meaning " Blue Eyes", or " Dragonchild" or many other pretty names.
" Where were you?"
" It's snowing now."
" It is?" The girl, Rishna, looked out. " Wow! It really is! That is so cool!"
" Can we go out and play?" Asked the children at once.
" But Sana can't..." Seto's mother began uncomfortably.
" Oh, right." Rishna dismissed it immediately. " Come on! Let's go look at how the baby phoenixes are doing!"
" Yeah!" Cried the children, and the mother smiled as her son rushed to follow them...

" Pegasus, why did you have to do that?!"
" He had to, Yugi." Yami began. Yami Bakura nodded.
" We know Seto well." He said. " When Seto is like this he is usually very stubborn. It can't be helped."
" What do you mean?" Yugi blinked.
" He's truly stubborn." Yami Malik joined in. " I mean, if he wants to do something, he'll do it."
" But what could he possibly want now?" Yugi asked.
" To die." Cecilia answered simply. " Although that's not going to happen that easily. One thing, I'm keeping an eye on him and so is Pegasus. Two, the guards are, and three, we installed a device that will suppress his powers."
" You what?!" This time it was the Yamis' turn to complain.
" You can't do that!" Yami Malik cried. " This will kill him!"
" It's not like he's never used his hands to do things before." Pegasus pointed out.
" But you don't understand. His powers are already fading. With that he's fading as well," Yami Bakura began,
" I know what you're going to say." The yamis shut their mouths. They have quite forgotten Pegasus's Millenium Eye. " I know what I'm doing. Right now Seto is scared, yes, and in a very strange memory ( with blue snow and such) and he's perfectly safe right now. All we have to do now is to wait until the competition ends so I can go home, and where in the world is Shadi?"

No answer. Shadi was in Egypt.

" Oh that does it." Pegasus groaned.

" What's going on?" Mokuba asked, " What's happening to my brother?" He always referred to Seto as his brother because Seto technically was.
" He's going to be alright. We'll make sure of that." Yugi assured Mokuba.

" Well? How are we going to get Shadi and his stupid key?" Yami Bakura muttered.
" Take a trip to Egypt, I don't know his address, or if he even has one." Pegasus held his head in an obvious headache.
" Mr. Crawford-"
" Oh shoot, the papers. I have to go. How does Seto handle these things at such a young age?" Pegasus wondered to himself out loud. " I can handle them but for a thirteen year old-"
" Seto's not thirteen." Yami smirked and whispered under his breath so only Pegasus could hear, " He's five thousand two hundred and thirteen years old."
" Enough with the technicalities." Pegasus muttered, and he left the group.